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EN 1.5508 Steel vs. EN 1.4362 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5508 steel and EN 1.4362 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5508 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4362 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 180
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 20
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 320
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 300 to 360
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420 to 1460
730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 490
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1060
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 44 to 230
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 640
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 52
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 36
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 43
20

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
22 to 24.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0.1 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 99.199
65.5 to 74.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015